Criminal Justice Ethics: Theory and Practice - Hardcover

Banks, Cyndi L.

9780761925873: Criminal Justice Ethics: Theory and Practice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761925872 ISBN 13: 9780761925873

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2004

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This book is an overview of the need for and use of ethical behaviour by all players in the criminal justice system. The book is organized in two Parts. The first Part will cover ethical issues and dilemmas in the criminal justice system, and the second Part will focus on the major philosophical theories of ethics.

Highly illustrative case studies are used throughout the book to demonstrate the ethical issues facing criminal justice professionals today in applied terms. The future development of public policy related to the criminal justice system is also considered.

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About the Author

Cyndi Banks is Associate Vice President of Student Success at Capilano University in Canada. She spent 16 years as a professor of criminology and criminal justice and Dean of University College at Northern Arizona University. She has more than 24 years’ experience of research and project implementation in developing countries in the fields of juvenile justice, probation, justice policy, and child rights. She has worked as a criminologist in Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, Iraq, Kurdistan, Timor Leste, Sudan, and Myanmar. She is the author of numerous articles and books, including Criminal Justice Ethics; Youth, Crime and Justice; Developing Cultural Criminology: Theory and Practice in Papua New Guinea; Alaska Native Juveniles in Detention; Comparative, International, and Global Justice: Perspectives From Criminology and Criminal Justice; and most recently, Prisons in the United States.

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